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Continuum Mechanics and Constitutive Models: Applications to Soils and Rocks

Industry-Specific
Digital Skills

Engineering, Construction, and Infrastructure

Duration

40 hours

PRESENTATION

With our course on Continuum Mechanics and Constitutive Models, we opened the door to the study of geotechnical engineering, adapting the complexity of continuum mechanics to its practical application in soils and rocks. In a world that is constantly building new structures, understanding these fundamentals is essential. The course is designed to build a robust theoretical foundation based on the Elasticity to Plasticity, and become familiar with constitutive models essential for analyzing the elastic, plastic, and viscous behaviors of rock masses. You will discover key theoretical tools for the development and interpretation of numerical models in geotechnical engineering, making this course a valuable investment for professionals looking to broaden their knowledge base and for those interested in the fundamentals of geotechnical engineering.

Objectives

  • Expand your knowledge of Continuum Mechanics and its application to the Geotechnical Engineering, both soil and rock.

  • To study the Fundamentals of Elasticity and the elastic behavior of materials.

  • Learning the Principles of Plasticity Theory and its use in the field of engineering of the land.

  • Learn about the main ones constitutive models used to model the behavior of soils and rocks.

  • Introduce the student to the viscous behavior which can sometimes occur in rocky massifs.

  • To provide a solid theoretical foundation in constitutive models soils and rocks, primarily focused on their application in the development of or interpret numerical models.

Syllabus

TEACHING UNIT 1. CONTINUUM MECHANICS AND ELASTICITY 1. The stress tensor: total, effective, and interstitial stresses. Mohr’s circle in stress 2. The strain tensor. Mohr’s Circle for Strains 3. Problem Statement 4. Equations and Parameters of Elasticity 5. Main Elastic Solutions in Soil and Rock Mechanics TEACHING UNIT 2. THEORY OF PLASTICITY 1. Introduction to Plasticity 2. The criterion for plasticization. Types of plastic behavior 3. Laws of plastic behavior. Plastic creep and plastic potential 4. Main theorems and postulates of the Theory of Plasticity 5. The Mohr-Coulomb elastoplastic model TEACHING UNIT 3. CONSTITUTIVE MODELS FOR SOILS 1. Rheological models 2. Hardening Soil model 3. Hardening Soil Small model 4. Jardine model 5. Cam-Clay model TEACHING UNIT 4. CONSTITUTIVE MODELS FOR ROCKS 1. Hoek and Brown Constitutive Model 2. Barton–Choubey Constitutive Model for Joints and Discontinuities 3. Viscosity, Viscoelasticity, and Viscoplasticity 4. Extension of Rheological Models 5. Viscoelastic and Viscoelastic Constitutive Models
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